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MARKING TAG. I No. 319,543. I Patented June 9, 1885.

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AARON APPEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MARKING-TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,543, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed November 17 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON APPEL, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Marking Tags; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction in price-tags, whereby they may be conveniently attached fiat upon the surface of a piece of cloth or upon the exposed edges of bolts of cloth or folded garments.

The tag herein shown, illustrating this invention, is adapted for use in connection with an ordinary pin as a fastening device; and it consists of a tag provided with a passage for the pin parallel with the face of the tag, adapted for the insertion of the pin, the tag being secured to the cloth by inserting-the pin first through a narrow fold of the cloth, then through the passage of the tag, and then engaging the point of the pin again with the cloth. By this means the pin is engaged with the cloth at both its ends and with the tag at its middle portion, so that the tag is held closely and firmly against the cloth. The tag preferably consists of an upper fiat layer or thickness of paper or card-board, upon which the designation marks, signs, or other characters are to be placed, and a lower or inner layer of paper,which is unattached to the upper layer, along a narrow space crosswise of the tag, where it is outwardly bent or made in loop form, so as to form the transverse aperture or passage referred to, through which the pin may be inserted. The upper layer in this construction is also usually made of relatively stiff material, so that when the pin is inserted it will lie perfectly flat. The upper and lower layers comprising the tag may, however, be separated by a third layer of card-board, of approximately the thickness of a pin, a part of said third layer being removed, so as to form a transverse passage for the pin. In this case both the upper and lower surfaces of the tag will obviously be In any case the lower layer,which forms the transverse loop for the pin, may be of less width than the upper or top layer of the tag, so that when the latter is used with a pin which is shorter than the width of the tag along the pin-passage the head and point of the pin will be entirely concealed beneath said top layer- Instead of making the tag in layers, it, may be molded from pulp, and thus consist of only a single piece.

The invention may be more fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- I Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tag constructed in accordance with my invention, said tag being shown as secured upon the surface of a piece of cloth by means-of a common pin. Fig.2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the tag and cloth,taken upon line 00 m of Fig. 2. Fig. 4c is a similar section taken upon theline g yof Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view from beneath of a form of tag in which the loop for the pin is made narrower than the tag proper,in order to admit of the head and point of the fastening-pin being concealed beneath the tag. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the tag shown in Fig. 4. Figs. 7 and 8 are sectional views illustrating a form of tag in which both the surfaces of both upper and lower layers are flat.

As illustrated in the drawings, A is a tag, which is usually composed of two layers, A A, of paper, pasteboard, or other suitable material, which are pasted, glued, or otherwise secured together. The said tag is provided with a transverse aperture, a, formed between the layers A A which aperture is parallel with the surface of the tag, and is adapted for the insertion of a straight fastening-pin, B. (Herein shown as in the form of a common headed pin.)

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, the aperture a is formed by an outward fold or bend in the lower layer, A, of the tag, said lower layer preferably being made relatively thin and flexible, while the upper layer, A, is relatively thick and stiff, so as to form a flat surface upon which the marks or characters suitable for the purposes of the tag may be conveniently written.

In fastening the tag to the cloth the pin is caught in the cloth at either end of the passage a, as indicated at b b, and is engaged with the tag a it m ddle po on In Figs..- 5 th 6, theunder or bottom layer, A is shown in the form of a strip narrower than the width of the tag, which is pasted at its end portions to the upper layer, A, and is made in loop form at its middle to form the pin-passage a, When the tag is constructed as last described, and as clearly shown in Fig. 6, a pin may be used which is shorter than the width of the tag, so that when engaged with the cloth at its ends its head and point will be concealed beneath the tag.

In the tag shown in Figs. Z and .8 the l pper and lower layers, A and A, thereof are both pe c y fl n th passa a i f med by m a of a h laye or fi lin e", nse ed n tw parts b ween he ay r A and A d pa t v o he l er. a s ace b n eft h tweeh th two parts of the'hll hg l n a ne across h middle of e t g o s to fo m'the p sage for h ni'h- It i to be derst od hat in any as the e y be either c cular, r etshsh er, r f hy other e r d shapea T a i t h eppl eeti h o the ta or the insertion of the fastening-pin into the passage y u ace-m rk may b prin r ot -v is p aced n he oht r fete o the. t e o i te he o ati n of he pass e a r the e e o theteg y be n ck d or n d light y on p s h p n-pas g ihdieet tl st. e'h a 2.; or any th r su able meehs fo th ehh purpose may be employed.

A ag mpos of t ley rs f Pape o or -boa d on aye ons st ng o s r lati 1y h r ma ria forming t u fs e o the tag, and another under or inner layer formed of mat rie of a p u r pongy xtu e, h gh i h ph m y be readi y n er may be advantageously used instead of a tag w h an. o p sseg rm d hr u i s above de e hedt is o e nder od, the

o p r us aye of p fore, that a construction in which such spongy per is qsed is within the scope of my'invention.

I claim as my invention 1. An improved marking-tag compris ng a flat top layer and an under layer provided with a depression or groove forming a straight pin-receiving passage across the middle of the tag, combined with a removable straight fastening-p'in adapted to pass through said passage, and when thus applied to extend beyond both ends of the passage, to admit of its engagement with the material upon which the tag is seeured, substantially as described.

2. An improved marking-tag comprising a flat top layer and an under layer provided th a d p e s on or g ov ming a straight pinei hs p s age, said nd r laye being hsrr wer lehs h is of th pas ge n the e-b om: eo h hed with a e va e trai h fas enin -nth adap e f ertion th o g t pas a e of the t e, sa p ing l ger th th passe-gel ut sho t han th idt o the tog-body, so tha w n ppli d it m y b eesled by the ame, antial y as d ri An impr mar in og c pr s n e flat tee-b dy ha i g ac o s i middl a p formi g a. ra g t transve s p -r cei in p s age; whic is p a l i h th pla of the tag-body and of a less length than the width of the same, combined with a straight fastening-pin, which is longer than the passage and shorter than the width of the tagody, aid tagody i g provided i h e hot h, e, pp o n o h pi -p s a substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention '1 affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AAR N P L- -Witnesses:

M E DAYTON Quvshh- A 

